Electric heater.



J. F. MQBLROY. ELEQTRIG HEATER. APPLICATION FILED um. 23, 1911.

Patented May 16, 1911.

' INVENTOR h'rv WITNESSES; 25; 7.16 0 (3 412224 UNITED STALFES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES F. MOELROY, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK. ASSIGNOR TO CONSOLIDATED CAR HEATING COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF WEST VIRGINIA.

ELECTRIC HEATER.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Janus l Meltiiuoi'. a citizen of the United States, residing at Aiban-y, county of Albany, State of New York,

have invented eertain new and useful Imthereof, in whieh Figure 1 shows a seetimi'o't' a side-wall heater with a delleetor wall in its outer halt': Fig. 2 shows a partial front elevation ot'ihe heater of Fig. l Fit-"s. 3 and 4 show repee: lively a section and partial 'lront elevation of a modilied form of heater similar to that of Figs. 1 and 2.

My invention relates to eleetric heaters and particularly to a form of easing: there for whieh will allow a. 'l'reeemission of the heat but will prevent eontaet with the heater eoils of nails, hat pins. umbrella rods or other objects which might :weidentally enter the emission openings in the easing.

Rel erring to the drawings, H represents an eleetrie heater resistance which may be of any desireddorm, usually a length of wire eompaetly disposed on porcelain insulator supports. tailed description herein.

"A represents an external easing for the heater, separable -iron1 the unperforated back plate B which carries the heater e'oils H. The casing A is provided with inlet openings u, a for the cold air at' the bottom and with ontlet openings a, a at the upper and outer corner for the ei'nission of the air heated by the heat generated in the coils. Inside of thiscasing A and baek-of the outlet openings (1 a a is a shield or defletztor D rivetedto and carried by the wall of the casing A. This deflector plate D- is spaced away from the outer wall by being curved inwardly a suflicient'distance to allow of the flow of air currents up through and in front of the heater H and then around the upper edge of the deflector plate 'to the out-let openings a, a (1.. These air currents are farthermore directed n the route downward by a curved plate ()pvlnch passes up behind the It does not require any de- Specification of Letters Patent.

i l t t l l atented May 16, 1911.

Application filed January 28, 1911. Serial No. 604,247.

is somewhat simpler. In this case the deiiertor plate I) is riveted to the front wall of the casing at a point slightly above its center and its upper and lower edges are both eurved inward away from the easing wall while out-let perforations a are provided in the said wall at points opposite both the upper and the lower halves ofthe d'et'leetor plate. In both cases the curving ot the delleetor plate is sueh as to bring nome portion ol it aeros the direet line from the heater to the outlet openings. and yet at shell :1 distanee from the .lieater H as will permit an adequate flow of air between the heater aud detieetor.

What I elaim as new and by Letters Patent. is:

i. .\n eleetric heater, eomprisii'ig a heatdesire to secure ing' resistance. a casing: therefor having openings forthe emission ot heat. and a deiieetor plate supported by one wall o t. said easmgand covering the said openings hut separated by an air space from the portion of the wall of the easing in which the openin rs are formed.

2. An electric heater. comprising a heating resistance, a'easing thereforrhaving openings for the emission of heat, and an internal deflector plate covering the said openings but separated by an air space from the portion of the ,wall of the casing in whiehthesaid openings are formed.

3. An electric heater, comprising heating resistance and a casing therefor having an inner deflector with an I airopening around it, and an, outer wall provided with .a corresponding 1:

opening out of line with and separated space,"

4. An electric heater,.coinprising a heating resistance, a' casing therefor provided with air openings, and an internal deflector in line between sa d opemng'sand the resistanee but notseparated' by-an airspace from the wall of the heater.

An eleetric'heater, comprising a heating resistance, a easing therefor provided casing and from the out said deflector by an air with air openings and a deflector carried by the portion of the casing-wall in which said said casing and in line between said openopenings are located. J ings and -the heating resistance but sepa- In witness whereof I have hereunto set rated by an air space from the portion of my hand, before two subscribing Witnesses, 5 the casing wall that contains said openings. this 20th day of January, 1911.

6. An electric heater, comprisin a heating resistance, a casing therefor h ving; air JAMES MOELROY' openings, and a curved deflector supported W'itnesses: by one wall of said casing and opposite said I ERNEST JANsmN, 10 openings but separated by an air space from ROBERT MoOocI-mANE. 

